The Portland daily press., 1887-08-11
RAILWAY MATTERS.
MAINE CENTRAL,


The last trip OF the famous Boston & Mt
Desert limited vestibule train for the season
Of 1887 will be made from Boston to Bar
Harbor on Friday, September 9th, and from
Bar Harbor to Boston the following day, as
1t Is believed at that time the other trains now
running, which are precisely those in effect
last year, will be able TO take care Of the
travel for the remainder Of the season. II
has been demonstrated as a fact that this
train was a necessity, as its four Pullmans
always well filed added 10 cars hauled by
other trains, would have rendered those trains
too heavy TO be easily hauled. Indeed the
success Of the limited train has so far sur
passed the most sanguine hopes Of the officers
of the Maine Central and Boston Il Maine
railroads, so much so that 1t has already
been determined to run the train another
year, and even this season many times the
ears have been all filed at Boston. thus leaY-
ing no chance for passengers at other sta
tions who otherwise would have taken the
train. This difficulty will be remedied when
the train Is again put on by the addition Of
more cars. The people Of Maine NAV Justly
be proud OF a railroad which gives tn them
one Of the finest, II not the finest train ex-
tant, which with its one hundred and thirty
six miles without a stop, the longest run In
the world, may justly be entitled TO the
sObriquet Of the Cyclone. II ls.s0msthlng to
talk over during the long winter months aud
let friends In other States know about. The
final figures TO be shown by the Maine Cen
trail will demonstrate the fact that this is the
best season Mt. Desert has ever known, and
while the Maine Central has carried the bulk
Of the travel large numbers still continue tC
go by that ever popular line, the Portland,
Mt. Desert and Machias Steamboat Compa-
ny, upon whose steamer, the City OF Rich
mond. mattresses upon the saloon floor have
been the rule, and the state room list filed
each trip.
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE RAILWAYS.
Work was begun in earnest ON Tuesday on
the upper Coos Railroad at Parsons Meadow
In Columbia, $50 local laborers having been
secured. Great difficulty is experienced In
getting the amount Of help desired. A des-
patch from Riviere Du Loup, Canada, says
that 800 men would start from there for Cole
brook Tuesday evening. Five hundred more
are needed Immediately. George Van Dyke
says the road will be open to ColebrOok In
October. There Is no truth in the rumor Of
an attempt to compromise between the re-
spective friends Of the Hazen and AthertOn
bills. Neither side Is In a temper for com
| promising at this stage OF the contest.
MILEAGE TICKETS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The New Hampshire House Of Representa-
tives Tuesday passed the following bill In
relation to mileage tickets on railroads:
| All railroad companies doing busi-
Il ness in this State, excepting the Portland 81
i Ogdensburg Railway and railroads that are
/ operated during the summer season only,
i shall sell mileage tickets, good upon all rail
roads operated by them, at the rate Of two
| l2 cents per mile for each i've hundred
1 niles good to the bearer, and without limit
! as to time or the person or number Of per-
| sons by whom said tickets may be used.
Any railroad company violating the prOvi-
sions Of this act shall be subject 10 a hne OF
not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty
dollars for each offence, TO be recovered by
complaint OF indictment.
This act shall take effect September 1. 1887
NOTES.
The first passenger trains over the York
Harbor and Beach railroad as far as Hotel
Bartlett were run Monday. This Is as far as
the rails have been prepared for running. A
few days will witness the completion to the
Bluff.
The lime manufacturers Of Rockland an
| nounce their intention Of putting into effect
| a system for transporting limerick from the
| quarries to the kilns by rail. A company
| Termed In ROekland stand ready TO build
| and operate the road If citizens show sufic-
/ lent encouragement ROekland streets VIII
/ be greatly improved thereby.